Sam’s really into stickers lately. I know this because I find myself carrying sheets of them in the car, my purse, kitchen cabinet…
The only problem is she doesn’t have a suitable place to stick them. Paper frustrates her because she can’t pull them back off so they end up on our floor & then inevitably on the bottoms of everyone’s socks. I’ve been looking all over for a sticker book like I had when I was a kid, you know the kind with the slick pages that you could stick & restick your whole collection on? Well, either there’s a mad rush for them and they’re sold out everywhere or they just don’t make them anymore.
So you know what I said? Screw it, I’ll make my own. (:You’ll need: Freezer Paper (I tried a few different slick surfaces but the plastic coated side of freezer paper least ripped her stickers) crafting adhesive spray, board book (Sam had ripped off all the flaps in this one) scrapbooking paper (optional) 1/2″ wide ribbon, hot glue gun
Start off by making 2 templates. One for the cover of the book & one for the inside pages. For the cover I layed my book out and traced half, then marked the width of the spine & then marked the other half. *BE SURE TO DRAW ON THE NON-WAXY SIDE! Cut out along markings.For the inside pages I just layed the book on it’s inner pages & traced it’s shape. You’ll need one of these for each set of two pages on the inside of the book. For example if your book is 12 pages long you’ll need 6 of these inner templates.Next, and this is totally optional, I cut out some scrapbooking paper to cover up the images on the pages, the freezer paper is a bit translucent & that would’ve driven my crazy everytime I looked at it. I gave the book a good spray of adhesive (cover your work surface, it’ll get sticky) & then layered on the scrapbook paper. Next I sprayed the newly attached scrapbooking paper & lined the spine of the book up with the center of my cover template. *DON’T FORGET, YOU WANT TO GLUE ON THE NON-WAXY SIDE. SLICK SIDE OUT! After the spine was glued on I pressed on the front & back cover working from the center out. A credit card will come in handy for pushing out air bubbles. Gluing the freezer paper on totally took me back to covering my school books with contact paper. Do kids still do that? Probably not, I’m getting old. And yes, that is the sleeve of my bathrobe in the pictures. And yes, I’m wearing my robe at 3pm, I’m not embarrassed. Anyway, let’s keep going…

Next you’ll want to glue on each of your inner page sheets. I found it helpful to run my scissors down the center so the pages wouldn’t bubble up when you open & shut the book.Finally I trimmed off any excess & it was time to trim the pages with ribbon. I used 1/2″ wide grosgrain ribbon. Start at one corner and hot glue the ribbon so half of it’s width is left hanging off the page. (you’ll glue this over the other side next) When you get to a corner make a small snip so you can make the turn with the least bulk, keep going until you get to the spine & cut. Flip the page over and glue down the overlap. Repeat this for every page. I also cut a small piece at the end to cover up the spineSo far I think she likes it, I plan on bringing this thing everywhere so can just stick & restick to her little sticker heart’s desire!

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